"We had met with a guy in England, and I basically talked to him about this dystopian city that I had kind of visualized,” frontman Dave Mustaine tells Mashable. “You see all these movies like Armageddon, Independence Day, 12 Monkeys, Planet of The Apes and stuff, and there's always a moral at the end of the story: If you stand up for what's right, you won't have to give in to a dystopian world.

“It's just one of those things we grew up in. Explaining that concept to the artist — I thought he got what I was saying pretty clearly."

Megadeth will launch a North American tour with guests Suicidal Tendencies, Children Of Bodom and Havok on February 20 in Dallas, TX.